City Council Opts Not To Place City Manager On Administrative Leave

Despite deliberations in closed session, the Menifee City Council decided not to place its City Manager on paid administrative leave.

According to the Press-Enterprise newspaper, the city’s mayor had asked the council to consider temporarily removing City Manager George Wentz because he could pose “an impediment” to a thorough and objective audit.

Mayor Wallace Edgerton sent a memo to the City Council on March 9 to make the council aware of a possible conflict of interest between Wentz and a planning firm for various city services, according to the newspaper.

Wentz served as the firm, Winzler & Keylly, as the managing principal.

For more, read the Press-Enterprise article.

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